Inhaler



April 6 1928. 1.579,486

E. M. PLETCHER INHALER Filed Oct. 19, 1922 B I l W TTORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 6, 1926.

UNITED STATS PA-TENT OFFICE.

EUGENE M. PLETCHER, OF PHILADLPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

i INHALER.

Application filed October 19, 1922. VV Serial No. 595,470.

To all 'whom t may Gomera:

Be it known that I, EUGENE M; PLETOHER, a citizen of the' United States,residing `in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Inhaler, of which the following is aspecification.

My inventlon relates to an inhaler adapted to be inserted into andretained in'the nostrils, and supply'a medicament to the latter i forthe treatment of a cold, catarrlnliay fever, asthma, infiuenza, etc.,the inhaler being formed with cups or pockets in which the medicament iscontained so that the medicamentV is thoroughly effective by continuousvaporization for the treatment as above. l

The present invention is an'improvement over that shown in the LettersPatent No. 1,231,787, granted to me July' 3, 1917,' and is designed toremove the outer ends of the medicament in said patent from contact withthe' membrane or lining of the nose and present in the present devicethe smooth eXterior sides of the cups to said membrane, thus avoidingcl'iafingV or Cutting of the lat'- ter, and causing the continuousvaporization as above stated.l The invention is satisfactorilyillustrated lin the accompanying drawing, but the importantinstrumentalities thereof may lbe varied, and so it is to Vbe understoodthat the invention is not limited to the specific details shown anddescribed, as long as they are within the spiritor scope of the claim. V

Figure 1 represents a perspective view.

On the upper ends of said legsand secured w therto are the eu'ps 2respectiv'ely which (files-ed but sioaed at'tire mp5 e ;ma eides 4;, andopen below as at 5 and adapted to form pockets to receive wads orcartridges of a medicament of a nature to evaporate and vso act on theinteriorV of the nostrils on the bronchial tubes, etc. to treat the samefor the ailments above stated.

The cartridges are inserted into the cups throughv the open bottoms ofthe latter and pressed upwardly thereinto, and owing to small slotsbeing formed in the walls of the cups said walls are rendered resilientso as to exert pressurev on theV cartridges and so take firm hold ofthesame and prevent them.

from dr'opping out through the bottomV of the cups. f ,i I

As the cups are now charged with the medicament the device is insertedupwardly in the nostrils when the resilient bow engages' the sides ofthe septum of the nose and owing to its resiliency it will'frictionallytake hold of said septum and so retain thev device in the nostrils. Themedicament of the cartridges will now vaporize continuously in thenostrils the vapor. then entering lthe same and so reaching desireclplaces whereby it will cause elfective remedial `treatment of theailments above enumerated.

Attention is drawn'to the fact that'the cups rise from the upper ends ofthe how and theyV have the walls of their outerv sides 41-. extend invertical direction and saidv sidesare'in themain smooth withoutliability to injure the membranes of the nostrils.

It is not intended that ythe cups shall contact with the membranes ofthenostrils and so suflici'ent spaces will be afforded in the nostrils forair to enter the same for b'reathing purposes. w In practice the howand'cups are formed integral of a single piece of metal or materialproperly cut and stamped into the respec-V tive form thus avoidingoints, and de- -creasing the cost of manufacture, producing` the deviceof reduced expense, i

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure byV Letters Patent, is1- v VAn inhaler comprising a'pair ofinverted cups thetop walls of each of which are' slitted T-shapedfashion to providea yield-A ing Cartridge sup'porting member, a' sub-'stantially oylindrical Cartridge vertically positoned within'each eflsaid members,- and a bewed sprinjcorictihg said c'u'`` a ,care M..PLardiS-iaa

